My First Article on HCL's Newsletter/Magazine

Hi Guys,

I am uploading a PDF file of my first article on HCL's magazine. Follow this link and download to read it.

http://www.ziddu.com/download/19849402/HCLSSRejuvenationLetter-July2012.pdf.html

Thanks:)

The Power of "Risktakes"!

Hi friends, today I'm posting an already written post, Business and Strategic themed, from Mr. Vineet Nayar, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies. Last year on 18th August, 2010, he wrote down his thoughts under the publication title, "Harvard Business School Publication". While surfing company's internal intra-net blog site, I came across to this content, with the title, The Power of "Risktakes". It just impressed me with its simple and decent explanation. And i think you might also enjoy this stuff. So, to avail you this fruitful content, I'm publishing it on my blog with few modification to help gain the content to all kind of readers, with the original title of the actual post.

The actual post starts from here:

A mistake is as an error in action or calculation caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, or insufficient knowledge. Risk is the exposure to the chance of injury or loss, the chance that the actual return might be different than the one expected. Thus, a 'risktake' is an error — but not one caused by carelessness or insufficient knowledge. Its possibility has been foreseen, calculated, and accepted.

A simple test will help you differentiate a risktake from a mistake. Ask yourself: Did I account for the possibility of failure before it happened — or did the mistake catch me by surprise? We are not promoting carelessness, but genuine, well-intended mistakes, as Dawna pointed out.

Every new company and new product launch, every new service and new discovery has the potential of being a risktake. In fact, every strategic decision has the potential of proving to be just that. We usually take them with the joy experimentation brings, enhanced by the courage to fail and stand up again. Doing everything "perfectly" breeds stagnation and laziness, argued Brett.

Vineet Nayar further shares, I am all for taking risks as long as the process is supported by conviction, persistence, and discipline, and it is based on knowledge. During the year 2008's worldwide recession, the decision by HCL to acquire Axon — the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian IT company — had the potential of becoming a risktake. There were many critics of the deal, but so far, the takeover hasn't given them the occasion to say: I told you so. Would I do it again? Sure, as long as the possibility of short-term losses is less than the potential of long-term gains.

Lemuel Morrison shared a potential best practice with company: Maintain a mea culpa list and update it regularly with new risktakes along with what, if anything, was learned.

Understandably, executives fear the unknown and crave the security of the comfort zone even though that's a prescription for predictable and controlled performance. Moreover, today's environmental volatility won't allow the comfort zone to stay comfortable for long. That's why he suggests that we should create discomfort with the present situation. Then draw the path, which will be littered with risktakes, to where we would like to be in the future. Keep your sights focused far ahead and stay undeterred.

Mark Twain once wrote, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "

Are you ready to sail away on the winds of your risktakes?

The modified post ends here.


I hope you have also enjoyed the post, and in-fact gained the fact how business person thinks, and makes any thing good for his business, even negativity also!

Have a happy blogging and happy Diwali! :)

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A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM FROM STEVE JOBS!

Today, when I was at my office, working on an Apple machine, suddenly found  the apple.com website stating, Steve Jobs 1955-2011. I rushed to yahoo and checked the news, and there was a post that Steve Jobs passed away and that too about half an hour ago, to that time. And it turned out to be an unfortunate morning, as the legend come to an end. There is no more to add to this post than to sharing a video of, The late STEVE JOBS.

A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PIXAR AND APPLE'S CO-FOUNDER AND A GREAT VISIONARY, STEVE JOBS:

One thing is sure, I am going to miss the great revolutionary human and an astute businessman, Mr. Steven Paul Jobs.

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On this teachers' day, I'm sharing few incidents cum memorable events of my life as a student!

We will not go after philosophy. Rather I'll be sharing few incidents cum memorable events of my life as a student (No doubt we remain students till end of our life!).

At any time when I feel uncomfortable, disappointed, or rather say when I stuck into situations, which I wanted to avoid, I seat alone with open sky, close my eyes to remember my childhood and the amazing period as/of a teenager. I'm sure you must also be acting like me, for this case. We always want our childhood back. If provided few fortunes, we would definitely be using a one fortune to achieve that amazing era of one's life. We were innocent at that time, busy receiving love from all most every where, allow lips to smile any time, get anything in-terms of gifts, fun all the time, brain acts very curious trying to grasp any things happening around us, and so much activities we miss. Simply, we were behaving nothing but like a SUPER KING/SUPER QUEEN. And we all know why? Because we were free from obeying any responsibility. Our parents were always there to tell us whats good and whats not. But the other person was constantly there to teach us, "HOW WILL YOU IDENTIFY WHATS GOOD AND WHATS NOT!!". Our teachers have this only small but one of the most valuable contribution to our life.

So, with this title, I'd like to share some experience of my life as a student. Starting from latest event to the most memorable one, very lightly.

Starting with the current life, my boss is my manager and also my teacher. He is teaching me the lessons of corporate world and making me aware of some awkward situation, they call it critical and also focusing on few ways of how to survive in this conditions. Also engaged in teaching me from his work-pattern, how should I work in a team and eventually become a successful leader. However in this case, my dad is also playing the most valuable part, as he is also in this world of corporate since last more than 20 years. Even his small experiences have always something great for me. So, up for this valuable inputs which will help me survive in this world of competition and and prove my self to be the best one, within this selfish crowd.

Now comes college life. Before stating this area, I'd like to pray to god that my HOD must not face this post. College is area which begins by stating understanding the world, the different personalities/characteristics and which ends with the deep sadness of missing friends. But between this two emotional situations, there is the scope of outstanding fun and enjoyment. Every department has a HOD whose behaviour can't be separated from the two well-known behaviors. First is 'VIRUS' of 3 Idiots and other is role played by Mr. Amol in 'Stantely ka Dabba'. That was similar to my case, also. Sala pure din chair pe betha rehta tha aur hum sab bhole-bhale bacho se mazduri karva ta tha. Mere 4 years ke experience main HARAM HAI ki woh apni chair se kabhi khada hua ho, chahe jo bhi ho jaye. Aur jab baat aati hai lectures lene ki, toh sala kaamchor hame se uske research paper bana ne de de, aur uske baad har baar ka uska statement - "SUBMIT IT BY 5 O'CLOCK"!! Sala research level ka kaam 4 baje de aur 5 baje submit karo - aur woh bhi well-formatted document! Aur agar use aapka kaam aacha nahin laga to Internal exams main A BIG  ZERO. Tumhe exmas me road pe la de aur saab kuch yaad rakhe. Aur uske examples toh bhai-saheb, kya batoon.. Zamin pe bethe bethe  NEPTUNE ki baat kare aur apna sada hua logic lagaye. Yeh sare din kese nikale hai woh toh bas hum hi jane. Hamne uunko award diya tha, "KACHRA"!! Baki department vale use "IT ka PAPPA" kehte the. Aapni harkato se aaj bhi yaad hai, aur yaad bhi rahega - "KACHRA". Yeh KACHRA to VIRUS se bhi harami aur chalak tha. "SALE NE 4 SAAL TAK ROZ, KHOL KHOL KE MARI HAI". Aur upper se usne ek baar toh muje, " GET OUT, YOU IDIOT" KEH KE PURE CLASS KE SAMNE CLASS SE BAHAR NIKAL DIYA, PATA HAI WOH BHI KYON - MAINE USE KAHA KI "SIR AAP KO PROGRAM SAMAJ NE MAIN GALTI HUI HAI, ACTUALLY..." - bas itna bola tab tak to usne MERI MARLI. Chalo aab hasna bandh karo. However he was my teacher. And he did one but a good thing for me, which transferred incident into memorable event. During my second year of engineering, I suffered from depression due to some personal account. He noticed my abnormal behavior. He called me up to his cabinet and then he asked me the whole problem. He encountered the silly reason behind it and tried to explain me the actual world of reality. It took more than 2 hours of time. He ignored all his important work and injected all of his efforts to make me understand same, till bottom of my heart and mind. And guess what he succeeded. His explanation and examples are still - till date running on my mind. I can't forget those extraordinary effort of a teacher for a college student, whose nature is to abuse professor for even a good work. A salute to this kind of professor.

And now comes my school-days. This period contains 'FIRST' of all thing, i.e. first class, first slap, first fight, first kick, first friend, first feeling, first love at first sight, first flirt, first breakup, first laugh, first cry, first stage show, first cricket and handball tournament, first number at study and extra co-curricular activity. and this first continues till life. And here are so many stories to mention, but only one would be more preferable here. Its a very short story. I was in 4th grade/school, and "Mrs. Parita" - Paritamam was my class teacher. She was with us for the whole year, and in this one year of span she have changed me and many other students from ZERO to HERO. She taught us so many things that one can not count with his fingers. But among them all, I'm following one thing till day and will always follow. She gifted us a shlok in Sanskrit, "Karagre vastu lakhsmi, karmule saraswati, karmadhye tu govind, prabhate kar darshanam||". And she asked us to make this sholk, the very first thing after we wake-up. And I'm on it till date and will always follow this pure thing. This have helped me motivate my self and come out from any ugly situation. And this will be with me till the end.

And this was few things I wanted to share with you all, on this occasion of THE TEACHER'S DAY! I wish you all "HAVE A GOOD AND BE A GOOD TEACHER/GUIDE/FRIEND, HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!"

Have a Happy Blogging. :)

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Let's join our arms with Green and Fight against Global warming and High Energy Consumption facing India!

We are not starting with a small history of this world, we are currently in. I'm not here to have a talk on Dinosaurs and the culture of our higher hierarchy, but rather have a point on ENERGY, its CONSUMPTION and its AFFECTION. And this post will help me targeting the massive issue of Global Warming and we'll discuss some points that can help us in fighting against it, effectively.

I'm currently living at Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Area), U.P., India, an area which is famous for its development and some of the branded Industries' workstations/factory. And also the two terms - 'development' and 'India' are, now-a-days, quite combined and tied well by Indians. All of the existing vehicle brands and production brands of world have a neat eye on India and for them India is the issue of Increasing their Revenues and best territory to plant their company's future. And we also aware of the reason; cheaper but hardworking workforce, easy access to land, below average paperwork and yes, off-course the highly corrupted Indian Ministry and Government, and so much that attracts the CEO or the Chairman to lookout for India and Invest in this land of the Lord and God-Goddesses.

Now, lets take a look on how one organizations' establishment affects the country, time being lets consider the case of India.

Lets take the scenario, Any XYZ organization is interested in investing money in India and looking forward to setup a factory of Vehicle production. Now, lets discuss how this might affect the lifestyle of Indians in terms of pros and cons. First we'll go with pros:

1. India might receive good amount in return; that's also in US dollars. This might support Indian economy, gradually a-bit;
2. Better Job opportunities to all class of Indian citizen;
3. The cost of vehicles may reduce as production will be in India, compared to being imported ones; and few more...

And now lets consider the dark side of this pros :

1. The Land value will definitely decrease, as it is ignoring the value of valuable Land;
2. The Natural resources will get infected, and here the rivers will be harmed, the most;
3. The factory will also produce pollution; And fact is also here, 'more car - more pollution';
4. The Farmers' land will be utilized here, means slight shortage of food; And the same land can't utilized for any other purpose in future;
5. More fuel/electricity will be consumed and eventually it will reflect in the increasing cost of fuel/electricity;
6. Its the investment of a foreigner, so definitely he will become more wealthier than to our country; And his plantation will affect the businessman of India;
7. The ministry will be awarded officially and unofficially; And many more...

This is the point.

Here, if we try ignore all of the issues, than also, personally, we all do not like to ignore the issue of 'Natural Resources getting Harmed!'. Not against the development, but this issue is the major cause of all coming future major issues.

This issue can't be resolved individually and only a huge team - group - community can mark it. Rather depending on each other, individual initiative will work, efficiently. I am not saying that regardless of your work, you should focus as an Environmental Initiator - But whenever you feel something is against the Nature, and can harm you, your country and your world, you just try to accomplish the portion of your contribution. This will motivate the other person and eventually the huge community/group will rise up, just by accomplishing your task faithfully!

I would not like to discuss all the areas where we should fight against Green House Effect. I'm trying to show you the area-of-improvement, you can also consider it from your day-to-day experiences. But argues you to mark your contribution at your own ease - at your own will. And at last - at least you should take care of one thing - 'your work should not increase the infection to the Globe!'

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The blog have been visited a 1,000 times - increases confidence by one lakh times

It was a regular Wednesday and dated May 25th, when the first official post by me named "Introduction to Chromebook!" was released at my blogspot blog (hwevr due 2 som conflict-errors, the post is no longer available). And, on the day before yesterday (on 25th August) I was notified by Google service that, "the blog crossed the limit of 1,000 hits/visits from all around the world" and it further added, "in just exactly 4 months of period, 25th May to 25th August!!".

When received the following statistics, I felt, WOW!!

Screenshot 1 - Page-view stats, in-brief

AND Specifically countrywide, U.S. is more interested than India, for my Blog.,

Screenshot 2 - Page-view stats, source oriented

Don't worry I'm not here to give the political speech nor trying to make passive show-off.

But the real Intention behind writing this POST is that I want to share this happiness with my blog viewers and to make an announcement, that is: THIS SUCCESS OF GETTING 1,000 VISITS IN JUST 4 MONTH HAVE BOOSTED CONFIDENCE IN ME. SO I'VE DECIDED TO AVAIL MY SKILLS TO YOU TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR WORK/DESIRE, ALSO. FROM NOW, YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR VIEWS, EXPERIENCE, IDEAS, OR ANY-THING. AFTER HAVING A MANAGED CONVERSATION ON THAT, THE POST WILL BE POSTED HERE AT MY BLOG, BUT WITH YOUR NAME, ALSO. SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH THIS WORLD BUT NOT WANT TO GET INTO WRITING AND DESIGNING BLOG, AND MAKE IT AND MARK IT REPRESENTATIONAL - PARTICULARLY FOR A POST, ONLY. THAN THIS IS FOR YOU! YOUR NAME ALSO BE ATTACHED TO THE POST, YOU WILL BE SHARING. AND THAN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS, OR ANYTHING WITH THIS WORLD, WITH ME... :)

PROCEDURE: PROCEDURE IS VERY SIMPLE! YOU CAN PUT A COMMENT WITH THE TOPIC NAME AND WITH YOUR EMAIL, ASAP I'LL RECEIVE THE COMMENT I'LL REMOVE THAT COMMENT SO THAT TO MAINTAIN YOUR PRIVACY. OR YOU CAN ALSO DROP ME A MAIL AT: ab.kotecha@gmail.com

HEY, I'M NOT ANNOUNCING THIS STATEMENT OF SHARING TO EARN MONEY. I'LL NOT BE CHARGING YOU FOR THIS. ITS JUST, "LETS SHARE SOMETHING GOOD WITH THIS WORLD, EFFICIENTLY AND CREATIVELY!"

HAVE A HAPPY BLOGING!

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Where are the 59 passengers?!?

I've recently visited the Gujarat's Representative city, the Ahmedabad and the Capital, Gandhinagar. My visit had no values, but became very valuable after visiting it and also discussing few issues with one of my friend. The Myths of Gujarat riots were injecting the value to the visit.

The title highlights the role of Media, still behaving a strong anti-BJP or in-fact anti-Narendra Modi committee. Surprisingly,  every news telecasting channel and most of the News-paper publishing companies, including the Gujarat famous Gujarat-Samachar and The Times Of India, were and are still in this category. I'm not getting paid by any organization in publishing this post but NO ONE CAN PUSH ME OUT OF THE CHANNEL OF TRUTH AND RESTRICT ME FORWARDING THE TRUTH TO THE WORLD. I know probably you might ask me the statement to believe me. And thus I've arranged this post in a way to give all of your answers, indeed. Just go through the whole chat and have a point in against/for the post, raise it by commenting on this post.

The Nanavati Commission report: 

First part of the Nanavati Commission report investigating into the Godhra train carnage was tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on the first day of it’s monsoon session. In 2002, 59 Hindus including women and children were attacked by stones and cruelly burnt alive in Sabarmati Express compartment while train was passing through the Muslim locality in Godhra.

The Nanavati report says the incident of burning S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002, was a pre-planned conspiracy and not an accident. It also says that Maulvi(Muslim cleric) Hussain Umarji planned the entire conspiracy.

The report says that 140 liters of petrol was purchased as the part of conspiracy to burn the bogey. Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Kurkur and Salim Panwala had purchased petrol on the night of February 26 to be used in burning the bogey of Sabarmati Express.

The conspiracy was hatched at Aman guest house and meant to spread terror in the area. Doors of S-6 and S-7 bogey were forcibly opened and a person called Hassan Lalu threw objects which were burning inside the bogey, according to the report.

Others named in the conspiracy are Shaukat Lalu, Imran Sheri, Rafique Batuk, Salim Zarda, Jabir Binyamin Behra, Sheraj Bala.

The first part of the report in it’s last paragraph says that there was no evidence of the role of CM(Narendra Modi), any Gujarat minister or police in this case. The report adds that there was no evidence of them having not been able to provide protection, relief or rehabilitation to any riot victim.

As the report was being tabled in Gujarat assembly, Congress tried to raise ‘point of order’ but speaker disallowed. Congress legislators staged a walkout in the Assembly and shouted slogans outside the floor.

Meanwhile, spokesperson of Gujarat government and also the Health Minister of the state Jai Narayan Vyas said,

“The report has clearly gone into details, analyzed all the evidences and has come to the conclusion that there was no failure of machinery as far as maintenance of law and order is concerned.”

But the media was engaged in making the innocent citizens against the current state govt. in-charge. All the news from any medium was,

Only Muslims were rendered homeless and suffered economically. And Mr. Modi is the reason.

This isn't the truth. The Fact: As early as 5 March 2002, out of the 98 relief/ refugee camps set up in the state, 85 were for the Muslims and 13 were for the Hindus. As on 17 March 2002, as per the report of a newspaper as anti-BJP as The Times of India, 10,000 Hindus were rendered homeless in Ahmedabad alone. As on 25 April 2002, out of the 1 lakh 40 thousand refugees, some 1 lakh were Muslims and 40 thousand were Hindus.

The Indian Express devoted two full reports exclusively to Hindu victims of Ahmedabad. Dalits were attacked by Muslims in Ahmedabad and were rendered homeless. The Indian Express dated 7th May 2002 and 10th May 2002 gave two reports on the plight of Hindu victims. These Hindus were not only rendered homeless-they did not even have refugee camps to live in-and hence had to live in temples. Many others were forced to sleep on the streets.

See link: http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=2401 

The Times of India dated 18 March 2002 also devoted a report exclusively to the Hindu victims of Ahmedabad. The report was titled-”Riots hit all classes, people of all faith” and says-”Contrary to popular belief that only Muslims have been affected in the recent riots, more than 10,000 people belonging to the Hindu community have also become homeless”. This was the case only in Ahmedabad. What happened to Hindus in Muslim dominated villages outside Ahmedabad and in other cities like Vadodara was not reported by The Times of India! This report also indicates that Muslims attacked Hindus unprovoked on February 28 itself in some areas of Ahmedabad. The Hindus who living in minority in Muslim dominated areas of Ahmedabad suffered horribly. The Dalits suffered heavily at the hands of Muslims.

This report can be read on http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4193006.cms

The Hindus also suffered economically. As per the reports of none other than The Times of India, as many as 50 Hindus shops were torched in Revdi Bazaar area of Ahmedabad on 23 March 2002 by Muslims. The financial loss was as much as 15 crore rupees. Many more Hindu shops were looted in the rest of Gujarat too. 

To read the report of The Times of India on the burning of 50 shops in Ahmedabad- see this link- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4609603.cms

But still, whenever the news regarding the Gujarat Riots popes-up, they all become the 'Hindu against'. And we say, the media is the brilliant part of the movement of revolution in India. You think, you say, do you agree to this? No! They(the media) join hands which makes them more wealthier, they are making us forget these 59 passengers and forcing us to remember the two names, 'The Ehsan Jaferi case' and 'The Best Bakery case'!!

Don't forget to put a comment on this post and encourage discussion on this and clear the issues.

curtsy: gujaratriots.com and deshgujarat.com

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